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wont

  [wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt] adjective, noun, verb, wont, wont or wont⋅ed, wont⋅ing.
Use wonter in a Sentence
–adjective
1. accustomed; used (usually fol. by an infinitive): He was wont to rise at dawn.
–noun
2. custom; habit; practice: It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast.
–verb (used with object)
3. to accustom (a person), as to a thing.
4. to render (a thing) customary or usual (usually used passively).
–verb (used without object)
5. Archaic. to be wont.
Origin:
1300–50; (adj.) ME wont, woned, OE gewunod, ptp. of gewunian to be used to (see won 2 ); c. G gewöhnt; (v.) ME, back formation from wonted or wont (ptp.); (n.) appar. from conflation of wont (ptp.) with obs. wone wish, in certain stereotyped phrases

Related forms:
wontless, adjective

Synonyms:
1. habituated, wonted. 2. use.

Antonyms:
1. unaccustomed.
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Word Origin & History

wont 
"accustomed," O.E. wunod, pp. of wunian "to dwell, be accustomed," from P.Gmc. *wun- "to be content, to rejoice" (cf. O.S. wunon, O.Fris. wonia "to dwell, remain, be used to," O.H.G. wonen, Ger. wohnen "to dwell;" related to O.E. winnan, gewinnan "to win" (see win) and to wean. The noun meaning "habitual usage, custom" is attested from c.1300. Wonted is first attested 1408, an unconscious double pp.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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